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Mount Holyoke College geography professor Thomas Millette recently flew around the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts to take pictures with a thermal imaging camera. He plans to use those images, in combination with instruments that tracked the location of the airplane, to estimate how many deer live on the island and identify densely populated areas. The effort is part of a health initiative focused on tick-borne diseases.

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The Martha's Vineyard Airport Commission in Massachusetts unanimously voted to hire Ann Crook to lead the island's airport. "If you need someone to grow general aviation, I can definitely do that," Crook said in her interview.

Twenty multilingual students, including graduating seniors, from a Massachusetts high school will be able to register for a 60-hour certification program to become certified language interpreters. The program seeks to increase the pool of interpreters in the Martha's Vineyard community and open a career path to students with language skills.

Martha's Vineyard, Mass., social studies teachers Elaine Weintraub and Brian Scott recently led a group of high-school sophomores along what is known as the African-American Heritage Trail, which traces 25 key places and events on the island. Before venturing out for a first-hand look at the trail, students spent time in the classroom reviewing archival resources, such as census reports, newspaper archives and birth and death records.

A 10- by 12-foot section of porch roof collapsed on Wednesday at the Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. Hospital officials say the collapse could have been caused by "flaws in the original construction." No one was injured in the collapse, and all porch roofs will be inspected and then be rebuilt or torn down, said Timothy Walsh, president and CEO of Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Students at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School in Massachusetts recently prepared meals for a dinner event under the direction of teacher Jack O'Malley. Many of his graduates have gone on to complete their education at The Culinary Institute of America, and other well-known graduates include Steve Perry, who has worked at l'etoile, as well as Ryan Gorman, a caterer in New York City.